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biology 13
biology test 13
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bone marrow | a soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells |
cerebrum | the lobes of the brain that integrate sensory information and coordinate the creature's response to that information |
ectothermic | lacking an internal mechanism for regulating body heat |
name at least two chordates that have larval stage as a part of their life cycle | frogs, salamanders, sea squirts, toads, lampreys, lancelets |
BE able to classify all of these chordates (the classifications will be listed) : RAY | class chondrichthyes |
SALMON | class osteichthyes |
SEA SQUIRT | subphylum urochordata |
TOAD | class amphibia |
SALAMANDER | class amphibia |
LANCELET | subphylum cephalochordata |
LAMPREY EEL | class agnatha |
if an animal's optic lobes are very small, what, most likely, is its weakest sense? | sight |
what protein allows red blood cells to perform their function | hemoglobin carries the oxygen in the blood, giving blood its red color |
an animal reproduces when the female lays eggs and the male then fertilizes them. The eggs are then left to develop and hatch. Is fertilization external or internal? What kind of development is this? | external (the male fertilizes it outside of the female), oviparous (the egg hatches outside the female fish) |
a creature reproduces when the female receives sperm from the male and then lays an egg which hatches. Is fertilization internal or external? what kind of development is this? | internal (the sperm fertilized the egg inside the female), oviparous (the egg hatches outside of the female) |
BE able to label the fish on page 410 (figure 13.10) | |
WHAT is the function of the spinal cord | sends messages from the brain to other parts of the body and vice-versa |
WHAT is the function of the air bladder | allows fish to change depths and sloat in water |
WHAT is the function of the gonad | reproduction |
WHAT is the function of the liver | makes bile for the digestion of fats and does many other chemical tasks |
BE able to label whether a vessel is a vein or artery in the fish diagram on page 412 (figure 13.11) | |
FOR the diagram listed above, be able to identify whether the blood is oxygen poor or rich | |
WHAT is the major respiratory organ for most amphibians? | skin |
viviparous | development happens inside the female, connected to her by a placenta |
ovoviviparous | development happens in an egg, inside the female's body. The egg hatches inside. |
which has the most flexible skeleton, a shark, a frog, or a lionfish? | shark |
olfactory lobes | receives signals from the nose |
what's the difference between veins and arteries | veins carry oxygen depleted blood from the capillaries back to the heart while arteries carry the rich oxygenated blood away from the heart, to the capillaries that get it to the cells |